"Quantitative Methods and Applications in GIS" integrates GIS, spatial analysis, and quantitative methods to address various issues in socioeconomic studies and public policy. Methods range from basic regression analysis to advanced topics such as linear programming and system of equations. Applications vary from typical themes in urban and regional analysis - trade area analysis, accessibility measures, analysis of regional growth patterns, land use simulation - to issues related to crime and health analyses.This book covers common tasks such as distance and travel time estimation, spatial smoothing and interpolation, and accessibility measures. It also covers the major issues that are encountered in spatial analysis including modifiable areal unit problems, rate estimate of rare events in small populations, and spatial autocorrelation. Each chapter has one subject theme, introduces the method (or a group of related methods) most relevant to the theme, and then uses case studies to implement the method in a GIS environment.

该书是GIS和计量方法在社会科学领域中各种应用的集中演示。在方法层面上，包括从简单的回归分析到线性规划和求解方程组，在应用层面上，包括城市与区域研究的一些典型问题，如市场和城市吸引范围的划分、便捷度的度量、区域增长模式的分析、城市用地的模拟，也涉猎更前沿的犯罪与健康问题。